A long time ago I wrote this post on this topic. It was a time when I was way less experienced as to what toddlers,…
I gifted myself a Kindle on my birthday this year. Since this May I have bought and read 7 parenting books on it and I…
‘My 4 year old just scribbles’ I laugh to another mother. She belies her worry for a second while masking it a moment later saying,…
Continuing from the previous post, since I do get to review and try many carriers and also recommend carriers to the parents who come to…
Parenting with Presence: Practices for Raising Confident, Caring Kids By Susan Stiffelman. I am a parenting book junkie ever since I got handed a beautiful…
Nikhil was quite the horrible boy when we were growing up. He used to hit his little brother Amar, used to fight with all the…
Over three months have passed since I last posted on reading with N. Lots has changed since then. For one, I had started reading aloud…
Reading is a very big part of who I am. A lot of what I have learnt in my early years about people, human behavior,…
Many of us start off knowing we want to breastfeed. First we set ourselves the 6-month exclusive target, then one year, and then some of…
I’ve never been one to even attempt at keeping up with the Joneses. Why try when I find my heart is always drumming to a…
Mumbai dirty rainy day puddles have been trudged in with glee by my son! Be they mucky, be they sandy or be they generally gross…
Note from Aloka : When Aradhana – a mom of a two year old boy – approached me to guest blog I liked the idea…
We travelled with our 20 month old for three weeks. Our total flying time must have been over 45 hours and may I remind you…
This post on hormones and possible imbalances after nursing for many months has got a lot of hits ever since I posted it. It’s got…
Breastfeeding is natural. It’s also one of the toughest tasks a new mom has to face. Why is something so natural so dam hard? The…
I thought I’d write a quick update to this post on my potty-trained 17-month-old. Very soon after I wrote this (about 2 weeks ago) to…
I’d written my first post on Potty training here where I wrote about why the modern views on potty training where the literature points to…
When sleep ‘experts’ and books hand out solutions to beleaguered parents they are a one-size-fits-all solution and mainly catered to the slightly easygoing baby. The…
It’s been awhile since I updated this blog on N’s meals and weaning status. Here is my last post on this series. This was when…
‘Do they have kiddie meals?’ my friend asked. ‘Umm I’m not sure, like what?’ I said. ‘French fries? Cheese sandwiches?’ ‘I’m not sure,’ ‘What will…
